Might be rain DROPS are spherical. But not a heavy rain dude. N thats y they calculate intensity of rain in centimeters n not in radius. Am i right????
Polarization – Hmmm i dont think there is a relation between polarization and rain. A cross polarized antenna is much preferred. Wild guess.
Your explanation doesn’t make any sense at all, so I assume it is a joke ??
When you talk about rain intensity measurement in “centimeters”, you know that the cm (or mm, usually) just refer to the height of water that falled onto the ground… not the actual size of the rain drops.
Imagine a rain drop of 5cm, you could drown in that ! Or at least lost an eye…
And finally… just for the sake of it : radius can be measured in cm 😉
Rubel,
Open this URL, interesting investigation of rain vs radio propagation :
fading due to rain drops is lesser in V pol than in H pol coz in H pol electromagnetic waves travels horizontally and rain drops falls on it fades the signal.